Swayze, William Keith 'Pete' (Lieutenant)

Swayze, was a Bristol Fighter pilot with 62 Squadron. He and his observers scored six victories in the spring and summer of 1918. He was captured by the Germans on 1918-09-04 when his aircraft developed engine problems and he was forced down behind enemy lines by a member of Jasta 58. Repatriated at the end of the war, he arrived in Toronto on 1920-02-11 but died at home in Lindsay, Ontario two weeks later, a victim of Bright's disease. He was 21 years old.